Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2021 i Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

Hi, my name’s Rosie. I live in Chicago with my dad. Last week we rode a train home from visiting my Aunt Ruth in Washington, DC. It was a lo-o-o-ng ride. It took almost a whole day and night. Dad said he couldn’t sit up that long, so he got us a room to sleep in on the train. Dad loves trains. He took a ton of photos, so I’d remember the trip. Come on, I’ll show you. First, I gave my ticket to the conductor and boarded the sleeping car. All the train cars are labeled on the outside to help you find the right one. The conductors help too. They’re nice. People who were traveling shorter distances or who didn’t mind sleeping in their seats rode in the…

Nowadays, most trains don’t make that sound, but 100 years ago just about every train did. That’s the sound a steam engine makes, and steam is what once made trains go. Here’s how. 1. The fireman shoveled coal from the tender into the firebox. 2. The burning coal heated the water in the boiler. 3. The boiling water turned into steam. The steam moved through metal pipes to the cylinder. 4. A valve slid open to let the steam into one side of the cylinder. 5. The steam pushed a plate called a piston to the other end of the cylinder. 6. The valve then slid back to let the used steam escape through a pipe to the smokestack. New steam rushed into the cylinder to push the piston back…

Cut out the train cars along the dashed lines. Cut the short slits at the bottom of each car to make flaps. Be careful to cut only as far as the dashed lines show. Fold each car along the three solid lines, so it will stand. Tuck the yellow flaps under the green flaps, so only the green color shows. Then tape or glue the flaps together. Place the cars in whatever order you like, and run a piece of yarn or string through them. Tape or glue one end of the string inside the last car, and use the other end to pull the train around. All aboard! !…